The scene shifts to the brothel where the lovers are waiting for each other. The narrator tells us that after the previous day, wang-sheng stopped playing his zither in the backyard, but that he's still waiting for the rich man. The rich man has brought him a sheet music to play for him, and he wants to hear it. He also asks her to meet him. He's happy that she's willing to accept who he really is. He tells her that he loves her too, and that's why he asked her to play the piano for him. The song is "Lovesick" , and the narrator says that he can't believe that the man is so in love with her. He says that the song reminds him of his own love for her, which is why he asks the man to play it for her. The man says that it's a "lovesick" song, but the narrator doesn't understand why the man would want to play such a song for her . He just wants to know why he treated the man like a "pervert" .